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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59175</law_id><section_number>13.1-612</section_number><catch_line>Penalty for signing false document</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="9">Virginia Stock Corporation Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> It shall be unlawful for any <span class="dictionary">person</span> to <span class="dictionary">sign</span> a <span class="dictionary">document</span> that the <span class="dictionary">person</span> knows is false in any <span class="dictionary">material</span> respect with <span class="dictionary">intent</span> that the <span class="dictionary">document</span> be delivered to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> for filing. <a id="paragraph-216912" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-612/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Anyone who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-216913" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-612/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 13.1-134; 1958, c. 564; 1975, c. 500; 1985, c. 522; 2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
